§ MR. P. O'BRIENasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the magistrate who, according to the Report of Mr. Fitzpatrick to the Lieutenant Governor of the Gold Coast (dated Cape Coast Castle, in the year 1853), refused to give information respecting the slave trade to Commander Philips, of Her Majesty's ship Polyphemus, unless he was guaranteed some reward, still holds the Commission of the Peace at the Gold Coast; and whether the two other magistrates stated in the same Report to have been holders of slaves and pawns still hold the commission of the peace for the Gold Coast, and whether the two other magistrates stated in the same Report to have been holders of slaves and pawns still hold the Commission of the Peace for the Gold Coast?
§ MR. LABOUCHEREsaid, that none of the magistrates to whom the questions referred continued to hold the Commission of the Peace of that colony.